All SSAT Middle Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #851 : Identifying Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
VIE
Dare
Win
Compete
Quell
Endear
Compete
If you “vie” for attention with your brothers and sisters, you compete for attention with them. Similarly, if two people are “competing” in a competition, they might be vying for the trophy. To further help you, “endear” means to please or delight and “quell” means to stop or suppress.
Example Question #870 : Synonyms
Synonyms: Choose the answer that most closely matches the word in capital letters.
STIMULATE
Engage
Rough
Rouse
Plan
Bore
Rouse
"Stimulate" means to encourage or excite. "Rouse" is the correct choice, as it means to stir or incite.
Example Question #852 : Identifying Synonyms
Synonyms: Select the word whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.
ENTREAT
Embitter
Calibrate
Implore
Envision
Mortify
Implore
"Entreat" is a verb that means beg or implore, so "implore" is the correct answer. As for the other answer choices, none are close in meaning to "entreat": "embitter" means to make bitter; "mortify" means embarrass greatly; "calibrate" means adjust a machine so that its measurements are accurate and standard; and "envision" means imagine or visualize as something that might happen in the future.
Example Question #853 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
LAUD
Relive
Grunt
Repeat
Praise
Accept
Praise
"Laud" most nearly means praise, as in "The graduate was lauded for his tremendous academic achievements."
Example Question #854 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
GRIPE
Discover
Emphasize
Select
Complain
Grasp
Complain
To "gripe" about something means to grumble or "complain" about it.
Example Question #855 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
ATONE
displace
fear
apologize
scold
harmonize
apologize
"Atone" means serve a punishment for or take other actions to formally apologize for some crime or wrong, so "apologize" is the correct answer.
Example Question #856 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
SCRUTINIZE
Enchant
Misrepresent
Attach
Inspect
Dirty
Inspect
"Scrutinize" means inspect or examine in detail, so "inspect" is the correct answer.
Example Question #857 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
JEST
Scold
Stab
Understand
Joke
Remark
Joke
To "jest" means to joke, and a "jest" is a joke, so "joke" is the correct answer.
Example Question #858 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
CAPITULATE
Thwart
Promise
Yield
Leap
Resist
Yield
“Capitulate” is a verb that means surrender. “Resist,” then, cannot be the correct answer, because “resist” is a verb that can mean refuse to surrender to; that means that “resist” is an antonym of “capitulate,” not a synonym. “Yield,” however, can mean relent and agree to and because “yield” is the answer choice closest in meaning to “capitulate,” “yield” is the correct answer.
Example Question #859 : Identifying Synonyms
Select the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word in capital letters.
DIVULGE
Reveal
Withhold
Double
Keep
Split
Reveal
"Divulge" is a verb that means make something secret known. Of the given answer choices, "reveal" has the closest meaning.
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